Babbitt: Swan Song, etc.

Babbitt: Quatrains / Manifold Music / My Ends Are My Beginnings / Soli e Duettini / Swan Song No. 1
Cygnus Ensemble, et al.
Bridge 9135 [CD]

Contents:

  1. Quatrains (for soprano and two clarinets; 1993)
  2. Manifold Music (for organ; 1995)
  3. My Ends Are My Beginnings (for clarinet; 1978) - I
  4. My Ends Are My Beginnings - II
  5. My Ends Are My Beginnings - III
  6. Soli e Duettini (for two guitars; 1989)
  7. Swan Song No. 1 (for flute, oboe, mandolin, guitar, violin and cello; 2003)

Performers: Tony Arnold (soprano), Charles Neidich (clarinet), Ayako Oshima (clarinet), Gregory D'Agostino (organ), Allen Blustine (clarinet, bass clarinet), William Anderson (guitar), Oren Fader (guitar), Cygnus Ensemble [Tara Helen O'Connor (flute), Robert Ingliss (oboe), William Anderson (mandolin), Oren Fader (guitar), Calvin Wiersma (violin), Susannah Chapman (cello) - Jeffrey Milarsky (conductor)]

Playing time: 51'

Recording dates: 1992 (Soli e Duettini), 2001 (Manifold Music), 2002 (Quatrains, My Ends Are My Beginnings), 2003 (Swan Song No. 1); released: 2003

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Todd M. McComb